Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Freeport Area School District
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 6, 1976No. 24PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROBERTS, Justice.
This case concerns the scope of relief which the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (PHRC) may order when a respondent is shown to have engaged in a *525discriminatory practice following a complaint filed with PHRC by an individual. The Freeport Area School District (Freeport) argues that-PHRC may order affirmative relief only for the named complainant. PHRC claims that it may order such relief for all victims of a discriminatory practice.
On December 19, 1972, Linda Szul filed a complaint with PHRC 1 alleging that Freeport’s maternity leave policy…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Albemarle Paper Co. v. MoodySupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission v. Alto-Reste Park Cemetery Ass'nSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission v. Chester School DistrictSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
- Commonwealth v. United States Steel Corp.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
3Cited by17 opinions
- Lukus v. Westinghouse Electric Corp.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Commonwealth v. Transit Casualty InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- County of Allegheny v. WilcoxCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- Property Owners v. Pleasant Valley School DistrictCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
- McGlawn v. Pennsylvania Human Relations CommissionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
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